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bibble, v.|ˈbɪb(ə)l|
Also 6 bible, bibil, bybyll.
[f. bib + -le, freq. ending; cf. prattle, tipple.]
†1. To keep drinking, to drink:
a. trans. Obs.
1583Stanyhurst æneis i. (Arb.) 33 His fierce steeds..Xanth stream gredilye bibled.
†b. intr. Obs.
a1529Skelton Elyn. Rumming 550 Let me wyth you bybyll. 1581Marbeck Bk. of Notes 326 An Eagles olde age for necessitie, compelleth him to be ever bibling.
2. intr. To dabble with the bill like a duck.
b. trans. To drink with a dabbling noise.
1552Huloet, Bubblyng, or bybblyng in water, as duckes do, amphibolus. 1861M. B. Edwards Tale of Woods ii. ii, Eider-duck, How pleasant it is to glide through the grass And bibble the dew-drops as I pass! |